Carburetor



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L. G. PARKER.

GARBURBTOR.

Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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L. C. PARKER.

GARBURETOR.

No. 435,856. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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LEWIS C. PARKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CARBURETOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,856, datedSeptember 2, 1890. Application filed May 2, 1890- Serial No. 350,299.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. PARKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarburetors, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention pertainsto certain new and useful improvements in gas-makingmachines;

and it consists of the novel combination of.

the parts, whereby a very efiicient gas-machine is produced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myinvention complete, parts being broken away and in section. Fig. 2 is anend view of the oil-chambers; and Fig. 3 is a plan view, parts beingbroken away, of the converter.

In carrying out my invention I employ boiler A and its furnace B, theboiler furnishing steam through pipe o to an engine (not shown)operating the aircompressor, (not shown,) which forces the air throughpipe a through the furnace, and into the oil-chambers D D, said pipebeing formed into a fork or two branches at a each branch having a valve00 thereon. Tank B has formed therein a double series of chambers D D bymeans of partitions or walls at d. These chambers are filled withcharcoal, serving as a purifier for the gas, said charcoal being partlysubmerged with oil or petroleum, and are connected by means ofapproximately inverted- L-shaped pipes d 01', having their horizontalends perforated at d d and opening into the preceding chamber at the topthereof, and their lower ends opening into horizontal branch pipes (1 dperforated at a a at the bottom of the succeeding chamber. Thus it willbe seen that as the air is forced from the bottom to the top of eachchamber of the series through the oil and charcoal it becomes fullysaturated therewith. Pipe E, which conveys the gas from the last chamberin the series to the converter F, has a valve 6 near its connectiontherewith. The converter F is formed in an approximately N shape and ismade larger than the supply-pipe E, said converter being filled withcoke, marble-dust, or iron filings, or all three,

and may have a wire-gauze diaphragm at its outflow end to purify the gasof all particles as it passes into pipe F, which conveys it through theoil chambers or compartments D D to the tank or receptacle, (not shown,)said pipe also being divided at f into two branches connecting with thetwo series of chambers D D, and are each supplied with a valve f f.Converter F has flanges e on its ends, to which the head 6 is secured bymeans of bolts, the pipes E and F being screwed in said heads e theconverter being supported horizontally in the furnace, between theboiler A and grate-bar thereof, by means of its flanged ends resting inrecesses c in the walls of said furnace.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: Air is forced by thecompressor (not shown) through pipe a which passes through the furnace,thus heating the air, to the chamber D D, where it is forced through theopenings at a in pipes d d", and up through the oil and charcoal, thencethrough the openings d d in pipe d d into the next compartment, thisoperation being repeated until the air reaches the last compartment,when it is forced into the pipe E, which conveys the now newly-made gasin its crude state to the converter F, through which it passes, thussubjecting it to an intense heat and thereby disassociating the elementsthereof, thus fixing the gas ready for use, which may be kept in a tankuntil used, to which it is passed through pipe F, which passes throughthe chambers D D, transmitting the heat to the oil. The exhaust-steam isalso utilized for this purpose by conveying it through pipe a to thechambers D D.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An oil-gas apparatus consisting of the combination of the series ofconnected carbureting-compartments with a furnace-chamber, an airsupplypipe to said carburetor arranged in the furnace-chamber, a vaporsuperheater or converter communicating with said carburetor located insaid furnace-cham her, and the outlet-pipe from said converter arrangedin the carbureting-compartments, as and for the purpose described.

2. An oil-gas apparatus consisting of the retor located in saidfurnace-chamber, and combination of the series of connected carbutheoutlet-pipe from said converter arranged reting-compartments connectedby the apin the carbureting-compartments,-substanproximatelyinverted-L-shaped pipes having tially as shown, and for the purposedescribed 5 their upper ends perforated and their lower In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in 15 ends terminating in perforated arms,an airpresence of two witnesses.

supply pipe arranged in the furnace-chamber, LEWIS O. PARKER. a vaporsuperheater or converter, approxi- Witnesses: mately N shaped, filledwith some porous snb- G. H. SMITH,

1o stance and communicating with said carbu- S. F. CLARK.

